Links and Information to Share
Advance Directives - From the Tennessee Government Website
You can use these documents to let your family and doctor know your decisions for health care if you become unable to decide for yourself. You can appoint someone you know and trust as your health care decision maker to ensure that your choice or decision is honored.
Download as PDF files to print and photocopy:
Health Care Decision Act of 2004 (the law)
Appointment of Health Care Agent Form
Physician Order for Scope of Treatment (POST)
Visit The Website To Read:
Rules and Regulations for Health Care Facilities
Frequently Asked Questions About Advance Directives
PLUS: Advance Directive PowerPoint Presentation of the Health Care Decision Act of 2004that can be viewed online or downloaded to your computer
Advance Directives for All 50 States
Aging in the Know: Your Gateway to Health and Aging Resources on the Web (www.healthinaging.org/agingintheknow)
American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Foundation for Health in Aging Web-based Resource for Patients and their Clinicians
The Assisted Living Workgroup Report to the Senate Special Committee on Aging
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KIDS
Center for Practical Bioethics raises and responds to ethical issues in health and healthcare. http://www.practicalbioethics.org/
Caring Connections, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), is a national consumer engagement initiative to improve care at the end of life, supported by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Caring Connections has implemented It's About How You LIVE, a national community engagement campaign encouraging consumers to make informed decisions about end-of-life care and services. The goal of the LIVE campaign is to provide a unified message across the country that motivates people to take action to improve end-of-life care for themselves, their loved ones, and their communities. The Caring Connections site contains a wealth of resources, including advance directives for all 50 states.
Family
Care Resource Connection
Over 1,000 reviewed and rated caregiving resources
National
Institutes of Health
Senior Health is an excellent reliable site for
health info
North Carolina
Division of Aging
Good graphics for community presentation; lots of
links for information
The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation Web site
Dedicated to improving the health and health care
of all Americans
Safe Return is a nationwide identification, support and registration program providing 24/7 assistance for Alzheimer's patients (or patients with related dementia) who wander off.
Tennessee Hospice Organization was founded in 1989 to represent the state’s hospice providers.